It's National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day! Celebrate With a Waffle 'Wich

It's National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day! Celebrate With a Waffle 'Wich

Happy National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day! In honor of the holiday, I'm sharing a contemporary update on what happens to be one of my favorite nostalgic foods.

I've said before that some of the best sandwiches evoke memories, and this recipe goes back when I was maybe 7 or 8, and my mom fixed me some waffles before realizing we were out of syrup. She improvised to make this sandwich, and "peanut butter and jelly waffles" soon became one of my favorite meals. Like the nonwaffly version, this PB&J is very easy to make and can inspire countless variations: almond instead of peanut butter, different flavors of waffles or even waffles from scratch, honey in place of jelly, Elvis-style with bananas, and on and on.

This time I used Eggo cinnamon waffles, which I highly recommend. The only requirement for this breakfast or lunch sandwich — and what sets it apart from a traditional PB&J — is using hot, toasted waffles, which melt the peanut butter in just the right warm and comfy way. To see my recipe, keep reading.

Yum! I'm totally craving PB&J... and waffles! I'll be trying this recipe next time I grab frozen waffles.

5 years

I created a similar sandwich back in 2001 when craving a peanut butter and marshmallow fluff snack after a basketball practice. I was out of bread and I refused to make little Ritz Cracker sandwiches so I put on my thinking cap. I went into my pantry only to find matzah as an alternative. I was thinking about making rice crispy treats with peanut butter but that was going to take too long. I decided to just give up on the sandwich idea and make Eggo Waffles...that's when it hit me. Why not make a sandwich with the Waffles? I toasted the Waffles, put the PB on one slice and the F on the other and voila!!! I created the best sandwich ever. To this day, I have at least 3 of these a week, no joke, and I named The sandy "The Eggo Fluffinutter". Both the Eggo Fluffinutter and Peanut Butter and Jelly Waffle 'Wich are must tries.